Calfire Treatable Areas

Appropriate areas within which to implement vegetation treatments as part of the CalVTP were identified by dividing the SRA into vegetation types from the California Wildlife Habitat Relationship (CWHR) system. Certain vegetation types were excluded because their wildfire risks are negligible (e.g., wet meadow, estuarine). Agricultural vegetation types were also excluded because this land is generally outside the SRA.

Using this method, 20.3 million acres within the 31 million-acre SRA were identified that may be appropriate for vegetation treatments as part of the CalVTP. Throughout this PEIR, this area is called “treatable landscape” or "treatable areas". The proposed target of 250,000 annual acres of treatment would occur within the 20.3 million acres of treatable landscape.

It is important to note that the treatable landscape represents areas suitable for CalVTP vegetation treatments, but projects will not necessarily occur in every location within the treatable landscape. The location and geographic extent of projects will be determined based on several factors, including environmental constraints and treatment objectives.

Appendix PD-1 in the Draft PEIR provides a description of Treatable Landscape Modeling. Download the Draft CalVTP Draft PEIR here:: https://bof.fire.ca.gov/projects-and-programs/calvtp/